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One of the new achievements in Drustvar has you turned into a newt! This is one of the many pop culture references added in Battle for Azeroth, referencing the cult classic monvie Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens this weekend and Azeroth is filled with references to this galaxy far, far away. In this post, we've rounded up some of the fun Star Wars references in Warcraft like lightsaber transmogs.\r\rEdit: city guards now have lightsabers again to celebrate The Last Jedi.

With the Season 7 finale of Game of Thrones today, we thought it would be fun to review some of the popular items and NPCs in Warcraft that were inspired by this series.\r\rSpoilers from Season 7 are marked under tags, but there are general spoilers in the post if you are unfamiliar with the books and show.

Today we're highlighting a pair of Legion items that are references to pop culture, Заточка для краба and Сундук нескончаемых забав, as well as upcoming changes to the dungeon Квартал Звезд. Duncan Jones also explained why some changes were made to the movie plot from the game.\r\r

Today's Legion topic is Protect Paladin Spell Animations and Pop Culture! We also have more information on Blizzard Merchandise including World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 1 and a pile of Alpha Blue Posts.\r

Star Wars has come to Stormwind and Orgrimmar! Around 5:30 pm PST, the guards in Stormwind were equipped with blue lightsabers (Очень легкая сабля) and the guards in Orgrimmar were equipped with orange lightsabers (Пылающий меч Тибу).\r\r\rCheck out the full post for more in-game images and Star Wars references in WoW!

We're continuing our series of pop culture reference posts with a look at NPCs and quests that are clever references to games and music! In past weekends, we've covered items, achievements, and player tributes.

Did you know that many Operation Shieldwall and Dominance Offensive dailies are references to Queen songs? Or that Archmage Vargoth quotes "Hotel California"? Perhaps you're nostalgic for the long Legend of Zelda questline removed in Cataclysm, but are happy Mario and Luigi are safe in Un'Goro--unlike Dadanga.

We'll be doing another post on NPCs and Quests soon covering other topics like books, movies, and TV shows.

We're continuing our series of pop culture references in WoW with a look at achievements! From Arrested Development to Portal, Blizzard has sampled a variety of popular games, songs, books, movies, and TV shows for achievement names and criteria.

We've previously published two other guides, and have more to come for player references, NPCs, quests, and zones:Pop Culture Item References: Comics, Books, Music, and PoetryPop Culture Item References: Video Games, Movies, and TV

Click the cut to read all the achievements that are pop culture references!

Earlier this week, we took a look at pop-culture references in WoW items--movies, TV, and video games. Today we've got the remaining items covered--books, music, comics, and poetry! You'd be surprised how many poetry references there are, as nearly all Justice and Valor Point gear from Cataclysm's launch is a reference to poetry by Keats or Eliot.

Blizzard loves putting little easter eggs and pop culture references in World of Warcraft, from Austin Powers (Мистер Бигглсуорт) to Zelda (Один в поле не воин) . This series of guides takes a look at all the cleverly-named items that are references to pop culture!

Since there's so many item references, we've broken it up into two guides. This guide covers the "pop" of pop culture--video games, movies, television, and other celebrities.

There are many more references and tributes outside the scope of this guide--items named after players, NPCs, achievements, and quests. If you like these types of posts, we'll consider doing more on references.

Edit: our second items guide is now up covering books, poetry, comics, and music references! Check it out here.